The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) » Morning Joe http://www.ufcw.org a VOICE for working America Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:42:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 >Not Such Bright Bulbs at Morning Joe http://www.ufcw.org/2009/06/03/not-such-bright-bulbs-at-morning-joe/ http://www.ufcw.org/2009/06/03/not-such-bright-bulbs-at-morning-joe/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:47:00 +0000 Amber http://ufcw.org/2009/06/03/not-such-bright-bulbs-at-morning-joe/ >
A funny thing happened this morning. During a rather lopsided discussion about unions, the folks at Morning Joe pretended to try really, really hard to think of ANY successful unionized companies. But they couldn’t name a single one. They hemmed and hawed and got these strained looks on their faces–but nope. Couldn’t come up with one. Not even the company that owns NBC–GE.

What a bunch of dim bulbs.

After all, almost anyone could probably name at least a few successful unionized companies–companies that not only survive, but thrive with a terrific union workforce. Folks have been suggesting many of these companies to add to Talking Points Memo’s post on the subject.

You can find the growing list here.

UPDATE: Sorkin apologizes. Good on him–but what about Joe, Mika, and Mike?

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